The Web Should Just Work for Everyone
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We, as an industry, tend to have a pretty myopic view of experience. Those of us who work day-to-day in accessibility probably have a broader perspective than most, but I would argue that even we all fall short now and again when it comes to seeing the Web as others do.
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- 1. The Web Should Just Work for Everyone Aaron Gustafson @AaronGustafson slideshare.net/AaronGustafson Microsoft Edge Web Summit 4 April 2016 San Francisco, CA USA
- 3. Opportunity
- 4. WHO (c. 1980) “In the context of health experience, a disability is any restriction or lack of ability (resulting from an impairment) to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being.”
- 5. WHO (c. TODAY) “Disability is not just a health problem. It is a complex phenomenon, reflecting the interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which he or she lives.”
- 9. “special needs” (we’ve all got ’em)
- 11. wheelchairs strollers bicycles skateboards
- 12. one arm arm injury new parent permanent situational
- 13. one arm arm injury new parent permanent situational 26K 13M 8M+ + 21 Million People
- 15. BEN HOH “[Progressive enhancement] keeps the design open to the possibilities of sexiness in opportune contexts, rather than starting with the ‘whole’ experience that must be compromised.”
- 16. This is What Design is All About
- 17. JEFFREY VEEN “I’ve been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration— likely because so much bad design simply is decoration. Good design isn’t. Good design is problem solving.”
- 22. ARIA Landmarks
- 27. Every Interface is a Conversation
- 35. How does this photo make you feel? Embarrassing Upsetting Saddening Bad Photo Other
- 36. How does this photo make you feel? Embarrassing Upsetting Saddening Bad Photo Other it’s embarrassing
- 37. Please describe the photo It’s embarrassing It’s a bad photo of me It makes me sad
- 38. Talk to your users like they talk to one another.
- 39. Write for People
- 40. ๏ Be clear. ๏ Be concise. ๏ Be honest. ๏ Be considerate. ๏ Write how you speak.
- 41. ๏ Be clear. ๏ Be concise. ๏ Be honest. ๏ Be considerate. ๏ Write how you speak.
- 42. Avoid Technical and Legal Jargon
- 45. When Requesting Feedback, Make It Clear That the User Needs to Respond
- 46. <label for="first_name">What’s your first name?</label> <input name="first_name" id="first_name">
- 47. <label for="first_name">What’s your first name?</label> <input name="first_name" id="first_name">
- 50. When Asking a User to Choose, Clearly Present the Options
- 60. Prompts Should be Short, While Still Being Clear
- 61. ALBERT EINSTEIN It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience.
- 62. ALBERT EINSTEIN (VIA ROBERT SESSIONS) Everything should be as simple as it can be but not simpler.
- 63. THIS IS REAL COPY Heavy rains throughout most of the State have given an optimistic outlook for lessened fire danger for the rest of the season. However, an abundance of lightning maintains a certain amount of hazard in isolated areas that have not received an excessive amount of rain.
- 64. IT COULD BE SO MUCH BETTER Heavy rains throughout most of the State have lessened fire danger for the rest of the season. However, lightning threatens isolated dry areas.
- 70. Phone Number:
- 81. Accessibility is not About Disabilities It’s About People